Congratulations Hiro! Fantastic accomplishment
HP...that is simply amazing, congrats on your work.=O
Oh, I linked to it on irc and then forgot to say anything here.
Congrats, H.Pro!
The complete e-book (.pdf, .mobi, and .epub formats available) with all the illustrations and two bonus stories can now be purchased here: http://sparklermonthly.com/shop/ebooks/dead-endings-digital-edition/
Screw it. I'm in. I've been musing over writing a novel for ages, but just haven't gotten off my ass and done it. Maybe this is the way. I'm scared crunch time at work will suck up my soul, but when you're pressed sometimes you come up with good ideas, so I'll give it a go.
Thanks, Cyan! It never would have happened at all if not for your thread and neogaf in general. I even used to pop into the Men's Fashion thread for advice on what some characters should wear...
The power of GAF. *_*
Also, there's a Writing GAF irc? I did not know!
Woo, HPro!
Awesome work and I hope it does incredibly well.
Also:
Novel Writing-Age: NaNoWriMo 2015 | Not so Grim
Because it is flat out inspiring.
Congrats HP! That artwork looks amazing and the premise sounds great. Good luck!
Cosmic, go with the flow. I'm writing some dark shit now too. Don't worry about how others view it. Write for yourself.
<3 So glad to hear that!
Nah, I was on the mod irc talking you up. No Writing GAF irc that I know of. Though we do have Google+ writing hangouts every other week in the writing challenge thread!
Looks good, HP! The art owns. Not really my genre, but maaaaaaybe I'll give it a shot!
I'm working on a Python script to scrape people's NaNo wordcounts from their posts and make me have to do less manual updating during the month.
Of course, if you actually parcel it out, I've probably spent more time so far learning Python and working on this dumb thing than it would ever take me to update the wordcounts manually... but whatever, this is kinda fun.
NaNo thread should be up in about two weeks, as usual.
Thanks, D~! Hoping for good results!
How's yours coming along?
I helped write your video game for you. It came out yesterday and the kids they seem to like it.
You should buy it or else. I am just saying.
https://www.shadowofmordor.com
congrats, awesome work!
i really should finish up my half finished novella.
I really need to start sending my stuff out . . . but I want to keep revising!
Reading perfectly crafted stories makes me feel like I need to hone my all the more.
(Also congrats! That's fantastic, HP)
I'm working on a Python script to scrape people's NaNo wordcounts from their posts and make me have to do less manual updating during the month.
Of course, if you actually parcel it out, I've probably spent more time so far learning Python and working on this dumb thing than it would ever take me to update the wordcounts manually... but whatever, this is kinda fun.
NaNo thread should be up in about two weeks, as usual.
I helped write your video game for you. It came out yesterday and the kids they seem to like it.
You should buy it or else. I am just saying.
https://www.shadowofmordor.com
Good so far! Getting back into the groove of things now. More so that I had people comment on Seasonals and seem very supportive so far.
Thanks, yo~ And you should just bite the bullet and send it out. Over-fiddling might actually hurt your work more in the long run. If you're still worried, get an outsider to do one more pass then just let it fly from there.
Have a question....would it be a viable option to write short scripts as a book?
Well... if sales are going to be your metric of viability, odds are you're screwed regardless.Depends, how many millions do you need to sell to make it viable? Assuming it is 0, then yes.
Thank you Sober and Jintor, I feel much better now.No, it's correct grammatically, the first verb is past tense and the other is the infinitive ... I think that's how that should be explained. If the first verb were in the present tense it would only prove your tense is in the present.
Depends, how many millions do you need to sell to make it viable? Assuming it is 0, then yes.
It's really can I go to a publisher and say hey...this is it. If nothing comes of it then ok. I wouldn't want a project to be dead before I even started really. Thanks though.
Have a question....would it be a viable option to write short scripts as a book?
Do you mean a collection of short plays? Or a collection of dialogue-only/heavy short stories? The former is possible if you get them performed by a theatre company, the latter could happen if you got a few of them published in lit journals.
Out of interest, if you're writing scripts why would your aim be to release them as a book and not have them filmed?
Considering running an ad with awesomegang. They seem like a pretty good operation, with maybe not the biggest reach but I suppose I should start somewhere.
Anyone else use them? And if not them, anyone have a suggestion for inexpensive advertising that's also effective?
I know, I know. I have a few that really should be floating out right now. Maybe that's what I'll do this weekend, ontop of all my homework and lesson plans.
Hey, Writing-GAF.
Congrats to H-Pro.
I have a grammatical question. Are these sentences grammatically correct?
"She wrapped her arms around his waist and carried him off the ground, tackling him."
"She declared, screaming."
Someone I know said it isn't, because there's a past and a present verb in the same sentence. I thought the "ing" words were further describing the previous verbs. Any further clarification would be helpful, because if this is a problem... I have a lot of corrections to make.
Considering running an ad with awesomegang. They seem like a pretty good operation, with maybe not the biggest reach but I suppose I should start somewhere.
Anyone else use them? And if not them, anyone have a suggestion for inexpensive advertising that's also effective?
This is really cool, congrats yo.
Doing Nano this year is going to be hell, I can already feel it.
It won't be for me.=pDoing Nano this year is going to be hell, I can already feel it.
I haven't. Cosmic's lack of success with it was not heartening.Did you end up running the ad? And if you did, any luck? I'm watching what you and cosmic do quite closely.
I haven't. Cosmic's lack of success with it was not heartening.
Yep good point. Maybe this weekend I'll jump in.Again, you may have different results. You have 7 reviews with a 5 star average while I had like 1 4 star review back then. It very well might make a difference. You may just have a more appealing product all around
It might be good to get more accounts from elsewhere before writing it off completely. One person's experience with it may not be the norm. There are definitely worse sites to advertise on considering the price. Just do not under any circumstances pick the more expensive ones like Indie Author News (Book Bub being the exception supposedly).
Never let it be said that I think small.